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W12e Barql r-DnI)crocrat. I
PUBL.SHED VERlItY SATURDAY AT
LAKE PR1()V Ll)ENCE. LA.
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SAMNI EL 1B. KENNEI)Y, Editor.
th
JAMES N. TURNER. ia
Publisher and proprietor. til
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Saturday, October 20, 1900.
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Democratic Ticket!
b.r l'reidlent.
W1i:.IAM .J. BRYAN.
For. \Viwo-Plresichnt. c
AD I,',. S'1l EVENS&)N.
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S . 71 '. RANSILLI,. a
;or iH:,iltm!e m'a:n' iiouer, 3rd t
OUR COMING FAIR.
V : ri :le, *:il i !h :Iittntin n of the t
tbt-.:ii·-- "ir('nient if !,:t parish to outr
,'.ti , l :tir t 1 the ,tilh, 9th :lan 10th of
.,xtth tit Ih, oitl W" urge upon them
1hI- ,co,.`-its ' ;f ita!h and every one
tnkiz i ap. : itnl interest in its suc- 1
C,1" . A I t,"r (,.atlot lio Voltell t i)p and
rt\ ll ,i ; i,tL .:iv ' tow. It lakes the com-n
'need -nertgy +,i the people as a .whole.
The ti.tinagers of the fair association
lay Ie ever so) active anl untiring in
making the :necessary preparations,
bitt if tIhi pei)ople are lukewarmnl and
bncklward in lending a helping hand.
the irisult will be ia pieeC of a fair only.
WVt do nit ;lean to intilmate that this
is the tLa '-. We believe the people are
thoroughly imhlned with the spirit of a
lirst elatss:a' i, and that allostevery one i
will do. andl i 'loioml , s mnlethlinlg for its
nllle(essful tel'lllnanatliol. The fact Itnat
it has teen so extensively advertised
is one ineentlive to continued prove
renceic for people a:tthgad are naturally
expiecting at good fti!', ulitls it would
do the town and parish no little harm
to have vistiors from all sections comen
to a one-horse affair and go away
criticising the managers and the par
ish generally.
This we do not expect to see. The
fair must, and will he. a success. So
let is ill work together. Get your
contribulioiis anid exniiits ready, . so
that. there may be no delay when the
ol,-Utint day arrives.
Waiter C. Flower, cx-1Mayor of
Ne w Orleans, diedl at his siiulner
homlle tnear ('ovinguton, La., last
Thursday. New Orleans has lost
oce of its leauliug and honorable
citizens. There were few men who
stood higher with all classes than
W. C. Flower.
The New York Hlerall sent their
special correspondent to Indiana
last week to find out as near as pos
sible whiiclh'\wav that state was liable
to go it te e laction .inext tuonthl.
I1. has iiah it' ceport, and the
Hleral says that tie uittlook is dis,.
tinctly favoralls" to iryanll's chances.
The 1) .- St ,nt s'ia '.l t -n>ee
can predi..t the result of ,the present
cam pa ilg ,-i:h an; ,:egree of er-l
taint). The [Republicans profess to
be absolu,.y a ii':l ,rd of the success
of their ticket, bIu:- It v-I! l,( retalled
that they were at 1 ... ,etually a,
confident at cor:reslh i::ly tldates ol
the electiuon ,f lalint in 1In 1 aodil
of ltarrisu,, i, 1 .
The otticial report of the I . 5.
Pension Bureau shows that ot June
30, 1899, there ere 991,5i5 per
sons drawinig peI:sio)s, and over
400,0'(0 tLpitlicaitl for p ensilis, andl
the pensiou paynients frtol .lui 31,
1898, to June ii, I. Il), wele 8139,
4.2t17;. Iluw maniy have tibeen
added to tihe list silce Juine, .O.9,
or how many wll be added at the
close of our I'hiilippine aitd Clhillese
wars?
The cott'n Inairkot rcliorts 1l irii ig
the week fioii New York, ihav, hi, i:
weak, anLd oIf axOllllut (of the W.it
news and thet signs of I(u frost, it i,
liable to go still tower. The O)to.
ber report sent out by the govern.
ment hureau has 1)un7zted all cott,,n
men, and they cannot see uhow such
a report could have beren tiithenti.,
although it did its work. It is -aii
that if the Chinese troutl-e. were
settled cotton wouild go to il t ceflit
in a short while.
All persons utnder GoV years, wh.,
wish to vote at any elettion after
the expiration of tile presenit year,
well not be able to do so nutder the
constitntion of 189A, tinlcss they
have phid their poll tax hefore the
31st day of I)ecenmber for tihe two
previons years. Those who fail to
pay this tax l;efore the cihne of
Deceniber this iear ntl next year
will itot be ioriIltti el tl, vote it tihe
election in 19o2. lnay ytur poll tax
before the last day of DI)ecellleCr alid
preeerve your right to vote.
IKPggBALISM VS. HONEST AC- cho
QUISITION. rig
On
One of the arguments which the nb
Republican campaign speakers are as
using on the stump in defense of she
President McKinley's Philippine pai
policy is, that Thomas Jefferson ac. the
quired the territory of Louisiana for of
the United States, and that, by suchb lid
a precedent, the government is jus- w
titled in forcing upon a helpless race cr
a form of government contrary to in
their wishes. 'They also refer to ha
the acquisition of Florida and Texas pri
by this country, and seek, by seem. yo
ingly plausible arguments, to justify al
the acquisition of the Philippines eoi
on the same grounds. no
But the cases, the circumstances Th
and the principles are entirely, dif- .P'
ferent, and they cannot be regarded tic
as parallel. The purchase of Louis- co
iana, the acquisition of Florida and
Texas, were necessary for our own en
protection. They were justified on eit
the ground of self protection. It isl
was of vital importance that we Wi
should have exclusive control of the Wi
great Mississippi river, and our, fore- W
fathers also contemplated the pur. e
chase of Canada, so as to control the th
St. Lawrence; and perhaps it is un- H
forlunate that they did not. Be- KR
sides, in adding Louisiana, Florida th
and T'exis to the original thirteen hb
states, we were acquiring lauds con- ct
I tigious to us, and which it was very
neciesarv we should have. But the re
case is different now. These acqui
sitions were made lawfully and for ,
honest purposes, whereas now we ,
are going across the wide ocean, to ol
the other side of the world, and are it
Stryitg :o force upon the Filipino c l
race a- government at the point of Pt
I the bayonet. The cases are not 0
lpat allel and the latter cannot be r
n justified Iby the former. r
The Democratic party believes in
the expansion of our trade, and Is tl
d always ready to encourage trade ie
. latiois with all the nations of the p
world. Our exports are constantly ti
Sincreasing, for we are, by nature, i
the greatest prodlucing country of,
the world. The l)emocratic party h
encourages the honest, healthy ex. tl
pansion and development of our
. coulnnercial possibilities, but it t
- places the stamp of its disapproval
is upon any policy that seeks to "'civil
e ize" any weak nation by running a o
bayonet through its inhabitants, and
by trying to force either govern
Im ,ent or trade upon them against
their will. The imperialism of Mc
Kt inley and the colonial policy of ,
| .Tefferson are as wide apart as-the
e- ends of the earth, and it is difficult s
" to see how any reasonable man can i
id justify the unjust course of the C
rn tormer by the sound and patriotic 1
(, principles of the sage of Monticello.
y Is Macaulay's Terrible Prophecy to
be l'ulfilled I t
re By James Creelman, in New York Journal. -
On the threshhold ot another struggle
ir for control of the government of the t
SUnited States-a stiugle in which the C
, very life of the republic seems to be I
e involved-it is well to recall a prophecy c
conc'erning the destruction of American
institutions, written in 1857 by Lord r
F! acaulay to henry S. Randall, the I
tbiographer of Thioman Jefferson. t
r No man who loves the form of gov- r
st ernimenlt under which the American peo- r
st ple have grown great caR fail to read c
this terrible forecast, in the light of
le present events, without a thrill. I
to quote only a part of Mi:caulay's letter:
.You ate surprised to lea.rn that It
11 have not a high opinion of Mr. Jeffer-t
son. and I am surpris-ed at your sur
prise. I am certain that I never wrote
a line, and that I never in Parliament.
r in conversation or even tin the hustings
ai -a place where it is a fashion to court
the poptultce-iuttered a word indicat
ing an opinion that the supreme au
le thority in a State ought to be intrusted
Sto the nmajority of citizens told by the I
head; in other words,. to the poorest
Sand moist ignorant part of society. I
ha ive long beet convincid that institu
Stions purely )Demntcrtic must. sooner or
later, destroy liberty or civilization, or
both. * *
e You may think that your country
e onjys " Illn xel iptiti o, fri'ol tlhese evils.
it I 'viii frankly oa-n to you that I am of
r- : very differen t t opifitln Your fate 1
to beliteve-to be setltled. though it is doe
ftrr-elI hb :t pl;hysici:-l -ause. As long
is vott hlave a btountll.I-s extent of fer
ed e int neouu pied loud .iour laboring
,aI pplul:tionii wil be fir nlore at ease
thai the laotaling p,,-tlattiou of the Old
-) W! I. o, d " ile thi:: ii tie case, the
Id ,J,,lTer,,l p(,litics tay ) ' ic,:tintie to ex
ist 1vithout -:iuiung any fatid salamity.
But liih tuiue will colie, when New
SEng:n il will ihe its thickly populated as
o:W lEn-iiul. \V'ages will be as low
I'and! ,tic- it t- e as much with you
ti , wit I us. You will hay- your Mau
,r- honstei-' itnl Bil'lir lltIhiiii. and in
.t hose MI anche-ters auth ISltniinghams
hut bi iti ol i thiusatlis of artisans will
il su-rti-ldly be somiim-tiies out, of work.
I hThi-n ,oti-- iniitiutioins will be faitly
i.ii bi'lulit to ihe test. I)istrI'ss everiy
w er, i miki to .- S the labori't r n ol1111l ill and
n 'dis-,-ic e.tit-l, au1d inu'.liiin s hiim to lis
i -, tin witilh -,cgernl-Ps to :iiitaoi's who tell
till hit it 1is olsltri'o s iiii ii ty that
i iilne li-a slit ilt l hltla e a till i,' while
ese Inat liihr maui not at-t :1 fill , t . In bad
Ve i,. tri,r is plenty of grunmlr ilg here.
sutl ioiwtinmes lita't riotiui'. But it
i liattl-rs little. For hior'- the sntterei-s
i ii' iiit, liet rulI-s. lhc siuipime pow
1;-r i in the halitl of al cla:i, nutierous
h.i i" i ':,, It lt seltuCI; of :n hediCated class;
I oh -i i-h-iws whlich is. auth kit,w's itself
i i hi-. defplty ilile -sted tti the se iurity
-to.- f p,'iiltirvy atlnd liiaintell:ltce of order.
rn- A-iue'tdin l-yI the mual-contents tlnie hirni
Iv. iet gctttly, rts:ruiiited The bad
Slii till. i- o-t orver without robtl.ing the
ichi uve illhi Io relieve the inligei-t. The
l ', p 'iiil. ofii ,ltional prospt-rit\ soon be
gi,, to( ilw :i i,: iw'ork is pli-ntiful.
ad i n i,,-'s ii- - and all is tranluility and
e *e c lhrc-i'tii itl-sS.
t "LI !: '- sentil Eugland pass tlit-e or
fotir titl.mi throuigt-i siuch crIitica:ll sea
-,,:. :Is: I have ldesrit:bed. T'ilrough
-utth -e---n:Sthie tUnited Sntates will have
lii p:'-. iii the eotiree iof the next cen
tui'\ if nit of this. I-ow will \t-u pass
icr thrioiih theuit? I heartily wish you a
-il, g oo.d delivctrance. Buit miy reison and
iniy wishes ltc atr w:ar, a :tld I c;ainot
h help furielitdhing thn worst.
.. ..*It it qlite plaini that VOiir.i govern
the m inint wi i never blie able t re<ir:sirln a
dis;ressed antId discolntelited nimijrity.
wo For. with you the majority is the yov
to ernmont. and has the rich. \Rho are al
of wa:ivs a in',jority. absolutely at its mer
ir Te dil"ay will come when iii tile
eai State ot New York a miultitue of peo
lie pi,. non-e of whoin has had more than
' hatlf a hrieakfamt, or expects to have
d t molte than half a dinner, will choose a
SiLegisliture Is it possible to, doubt
iwtii:t sort of a Legislature will be
chosen? On one side is a statesman .
teachlng patience. respect or tedI
rights,strict observance ote pitblh ib. d
On the other is a demagogue *A.ating 4
about the tyranny of capitalists and
usurists, and asking why anybody
should be permitted to drink 'chain
paign and to ride in a carriage while
thousands of honest folks are in want
of necessities. Which of the two can
didates is likely to be preferred by a 1
workingman who hears his children
cry for bread? 4
,'I seriously apprend that you will
in some such season of adversity as I
have described do things which will
prevent prosperity from returning; that
you will act like people who should in
a year of scarcity devour all the seed
- eorn, and thus make the next a year
not of scarcity, but of absolute famine. 4
There will bet~I fear, spoliation. The 4
spoliation will increase the distress.
The distress will produce fresh spolia
tion. There is nothirg to stop you. Your
constitution is all sail and no anchor.
"As [ said before, when a society has
entered on this downward progress,
either civilization or liberty must per
ish, Either some Ctesar or Napoleon
will seize the reigns of government
with a strong hand or your republic
will be as fearfully plundered and laid
waiste by barbarians in the twentieth
century as the Roman empire was in
the fifth, with this difference, that the
Hnns and Vandals who ravished the
Roman empire came from without, and
t that your Huns and Vandals will have
been engendered within your own
country by your own institutions.
*l'hinking thus. of course I cannot
reckon .Jefferson among the benefact
ors of mankind.'
What American can read these
r words noW and look soberly about him
e without recognizing the sinister signs
u of the times? A cruel and almost ir
e resistible concentration of wealth-with
Secvery attendant circumstance of delib
ferate oppression -clasing the gates of
t opportunity in life to poor men and
e arrayed against this heartless and cor
rupt industrial aristocracy the fierce
resistance of oroanized labor. with the
D growing spirit of socialism filling up
the distant backgroundl.
Is-it possible that Macaulav's solemn
e prophecy is to be fulfilled? Is it really
v true that liberty and civilizatiou are
incompatible? Must a democracy al
ways end in anarchy or Casarisnm?
And if the enemies of the republic
have already risen within our borders
' the progeny of our own American in
ir stitutions-will they be strong enough -
to destroy free government on this
Senntinent?
1- The leaders of the two great currents
a of politlcal thought and action in the
d United States are Mr. McKinley and
Mr. Bryan. Each is supreme in his
own party.
Mr. McKinley has already repudiated
e' Jefferson's doctrine that n"all men are
' created equal," And has established col
te onics under the American flag-the first
It step toward an imperial system. He
In has used his power as president to se
te cure a large permanent standing army.
ic He has permitted the overgrown trusts.
intrenched in government favoritism,
to defy the laws, overawe or corrupt
to the executive, legislative and judicial
offices of the nation, and to oppress
the people by destroying competition.
He has relied, and still relies, upon a
t. vast political corruption fund contri
Ic buted by criminal corporate combina
ie tions-some say to the extent of $25,
to 000,000-to keep himself and his party
le in power. And he has placed thieves in
3y oflice. knowing them to be thieves.
In It is not evident that the spirit of
rd Macaulay's prophecy is shared by men
se high in power on this continent, and
that what we are now witnessing are
v- really preparations for the ".govern
0- ment with a strong hand," which Ma
id caulay said would bring democratic in
of stitutions to an end in America?
I Mr. Bryan and the Democratic party
r: stand for individual liberty as opposed
I to the tyranny of a military empire on
r- the one hand or the tyranny of state
r- socialism on the other hand. He is
te t Iing to bring the rich and the poor
it. closer together. He calls upon honest
gs wealth, honest corporations. honest
Irt combinations to assist the wealth pro
it- ducers of the country to bring the dis
u- honest, rapacious criminal trusts under
ed the firm and reasonable control of the
he law. He protests against a criminal
tst system in Porto Rico and the Philip
I pines because it is not consistent with
n- free inatitutions to have one part of
or tihe nation citizens and the other part
or subjects. He opposes a huge perman
ent staniding army as the corollary of
ry a colonial empire. He demands that
Is. each citizen shall contribute to the sup
of port of tihe governments in exact pro
I portion to the amount of protection he
e- receives from the govwrnment.
ug Surely there is nothing of the dema
tr- gogue in this. It is the middle course,
g the path between the appalling ex
se trentws pictured by Mlacaulay.
Id But if the cause represented by Mr.
be Bryan is to he crushed. if the trusts
x and imperialism and militarism and in
ty. creasinglv unequal taxation are to be
w iind'rsed at the polls this year, what
as then? Will not the forces of socialism
tw overwhelm and engulf the moderate
on anti time-tried policy of the Democrat
nu- ic party? Is it not probable that the
in struggle of to-day will be succeeded by
ms the struggle foretold by Macaulay?
ill My own observattons ut various parts
rk. of the country this year convince me
ly that the Dnemooratic party, under the
'y- leadership of Mr Bryan, is the one
nd great atrrier against the rising tide of
is- socialism. The party of the trusts and
ell the psrty of state socialism are both
Int attempting to destroy.the principal of
ile competiteon. Between the two stands
adi the Democratic party, appealing to the
re. people not to permit opportunity and
t it hope to be taken away from the young
elrs men of the country. So closely allied
w- arte t Republicans andti the Socialists
us in their war upon the l)emocratic doc-.
sF; trine of individual liberty and the right
elf and opportunity to compete that it is
ity notorious that Mr. Hanna, the chair
er. man of the Republican National Com
m- mnittee, is assisting and encoraging Mr.
tad Debs, the Socialist candidate for Presi
the dent.
[he But if McKinleyism and Socialism
be- sucteceed in defeating the Democratic
ul. party, is it not more than probable that
nd the situation puophesied by Macaulay
will presently appear? Is it -possible
or that we have an American Caesar or1
sa- Napoleon working stadily and in cold
ugh blood toward conditions that will make
ave a military despotism in America fea
en- sible? Let us niot forget h1w swiftly.
lass how unexpectedly. bow irresistibly, the
a Ichange was made in Rome and in
mnd France.
not Of one thing alone can we be certain
-that there can he no military empire
rn- or no soealistic government in Ameri
a ca so long as the people support the
ity. policy expouuded by ThomasJefferson
,v. and defended by the Democratic party.
al- It is said that the great moral truths
er- of the world must be repeated once in
the every generation in a new dialect. It is
'o-. the dnty of every good American,
tan I whether he be rich or poor, great or
vre small to study the political lessons of
a I the republics of the past and try to ap
ibt ply them to the problem which 'eon
be fronts the people of the United States
dp
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r WE SELL TMEM AT
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J, J. POWERS, Pres. A. F. NIMTZ, Vice Pros. T. 0. BRIERLY, Secty.
Vicksburg & Greenville Pastcket Co.
Steamers BELLE OF TIlE BENDS, ANNIE
LAURIE and RUTHBoys is
Steamer Belle of the Bend s leaves Vcksbrg every Monday and Thursday
at 3 p. m.; returning, leaves Greenville every Tuesday and Friday.
Steamer Annie Laurie leaves Vicksburg every WedMnesday and Saturday
at 3 p. m.; returning. leaves Greenville every Tuesday and Sunday evening.
First-class passeuger and freight accommodations. Boals brillianily ligtuied
through3ut with electricity. Lights in every stateroom. Cusine unsurpassed.
YANCEY BELL, Agent.
at this present moment.
Let us all work together to disap
point Macaulay and those who share
his views.
Notice to Contractors.
The Police Jury of East Carroll parish
invites sealed proposals for the erection
and completion of a new Court House,
agreeable to the plans and specifications
prepared by architect Win. Stanton of
Vlcksburg, Miss.
The plans and specifications are now on
file with the Pistrict Clerk at Lake Provi
dence, La., and with said Architect Stan
ton,
BIDS WILLBE RECEIVED UNTIL 12
O'CLOCK NOON, OCTOBER 23rd, 1900.
All contractors will file with their bids
a certified check for Three Hundred Dol
lars, made payable to the order of Robt.
Nicholson. President of the Police Jury,
as evidence, if bid is accepted, that they
will enter into contract with East Carroll
Parish and file an acceptable guarantee or
Surety Company's bond for the faithful
performance of contract in the sum of Four
Thousand D)ollars ($4000), made payable to
Robt. Nicholson. President.
If the bond is not filed within ten days of
award of contract, the check will be for
feited as liquidated damages by reason of
the delay.
Contractors will state in their bids time
of completion.
The Police Jury reserve the right to re
ject any or all bids.
YANCEY BELL. Clerk.
Lake Providence, La.
For Sale.
One Southdown ram, $10.
Two yearling rams, Southdownu, $.00
eaeb.
One.Poland China boar, four months old,
$12.00.
My sheep are of the best Southdown
breeds. My hogsare of the Tecumseb 2d
and Perfection blood the leading strains.
I will give nothing but the best. as this
blood is the best obtainable add no cull
stock. I will offer this tall some of my
Plymoth Rock Cockerels now coming .on,
whleh are beauties. The purchases will
get a bargain in this stock.
GEO. S. OWEN,
Lake Providence, La.
J. M. KENN EDY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW;
Lake Providence, La.
WILL:PRACTICE IN
ALL THE COURTS.
ELECTION NOTIGE.
In accordance with section 3 of act No. 152
of the session of the General Assembly of
Louisiana of 1898. public notice is hereby
given that a GENERAL ELECTION will
be held in this parish of East Carroll on
Tuesday, November 6th, 1900, at the places
provided by law, and that the following
named persons have been duly appointed
to hold said election, to-wit:
First-Ward, let precinct-Robt. Nichol
son's Corondelet store. Commissioners.
Chris McGinnis. I. B Beard, John Nelson.
Clerk, Norris Williamson.
First Ward. 2nd precinct-Monticello.
Commissioners. L. {b. Gay, .. A. Wyly.
Clerk, - Tweedle.
Second Ward. 3rd precinct-Transylvania
store. Commissioners, A. Vought,; Abe
Bass, C. H. Webb. Clerk, Chas Hope.
Third Ward, 4th precinct-Courthouse.
Commissioners, Burnett Solari. .Jo. M.
Kennedy, W. A. Blount, Jr. Clerk, W. H.
Fisher.
Fourth Ward, 5th precinct-Erin store.
E. K. McAlpin, Louis Leach, P. D. Quays.
Clerk. Alex Stockner.
Fifth Ward, 6th preeinct-Panola store.
R. H. Hamlin. Gabe Stowers, T. J. Sanders.
Clerk. C. A. Voelker.
SDone and signed at Lake Providence,
La-, this Oct.-th, 1900.
W. E. DUNN.
W. C. McRAE,
J. N. TURNER,
Supervisors of Election.
For Sale.
Two Disc Celtivators, good as new. Will
take $20 each for them.
M. M. GOODWIN,
Lake Providence, La.
Registration Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the office of
Registrar of Voters is now open at my
office in the town of Providence for the
purpose or registering those who wish to
vote in the eleetion in November; and that
I will be at the following places on the day
and dates gitn below :
At Nicholson's store. Tuesday, October
2d.
At Traeoylvania store, Wednesday. Octo
ber 8d.
At ErWsere. Thursday. C ectober 4th.
At Panola store. Friday. October .ith,
and at my ofice in Providence the remain
der of the timp required by law to keep
said offce open. . . R
W. C. McRAR,
Assessor and Registrar.
August 4th, 1900.
JOS. W. MARTIN. WM. P. PHILLIPS, thi
Formerly with Hill, Fontait & Co. Former wt k el o
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COTTON FACTORS,,. 10
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296AND 298 FRONT STREET,.
MEMPHIS, TEN N. bi
We Make a Specialty of Bender and Long w
Staple Cotton. ,
LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON SAME. W
MAX LEVY,
Lake and Levee 8tr., d
Lake Prowidexnoer, La.
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GENTS' - FURNISHING - GOODS. J
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The Finest Line of Clothing Car
S 1ried in the City. 0 r
•--in.i"iit.~~isses
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Hats, Caps, Boots and F
Shoes, Mackintoshes
and Hunting Coats.
Trunks, Valises and Hand Bags.
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CANNOT BE SURPASSED.
Call on me Before Purchasing Elsewhere.
eA. D. &d S. SPENGLER, AGTS.,
........VIzCSBUr(G, MIIW S.........
-Manufsoturemr of-
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Stain-work, Interior Fintsh,
e and All Building Material.
SCheapest Place in the Bouth. Write for prices before purhasuing eleewberz
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W. B. THOMPSON. P. L. MoCAT.
W. B. Thompson & Co.,
Cotton Factors & Commission Merchants
NO. 808 PERDIDO STREET,
New Orleans, : : Louisiana.
Information for the
Public.
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YAZOO & MIWSISSIPPI VALLEY 1
RAILROAD Co.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE NOON
JANUARY 28th, 1900.
SOUTHI BOUND. i
No. 23-Leave Memphis 9:00 a. m.
Arrive Vicksburg 7:00 p. m.
No. 5-Leave Memphis 7:35 p. m.
Arrive Vicksburg 2:10 a. m.
No. 5-Leave Vicksburg 2:20 a. m.
Arrive New Orleans 9:10 a. m.
No. 21-Leave Vicksburg 7:15 a. m.
Arrives New Orleans 5:50 p. m.
NORTH BOUND.
No 24--Leave Vicksburg 7:15 a. m.
Arrive Memphis 5:35 p. om.
No. 6--Leave New Orleans 4:00 p. m.
Arrive Vicksburg 11:25 p. m.
No, 6-Leave Vicksburg 11:30 p. m"
Arrive Memphis 6:30 a. ni.
No. 22-Leave New Orleans 8;40 a.m.
Arrive Vicksburg 7:05 p. m.
VICKSBURG AND) GREENVILLE
ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Vicksburg 4:20 p. m., arrive
at Greenville 8:20 p. im.
Leave Greenville 6 a. m.; arrive at
Vicksburg 10:00 a. om.
For further information apply to
A Q. PEARCE,
C. P. & T. A.. Vicksburg. Miss.
JNO A. SCOTI'.
Div'n. Pass'r. Ag't. Memphis, Tena.
JOHN WILLIAMS
Undertaker.
Lake Providence -
Keeps on hand a large assortnment of
Burial Caskets, New, Plain and Orna
mental Metallic Casesasd Wooden
Coffins Made and Trimmed to Order
flapril 13-80-I V
OCITY 3ARER SOPP,,
- Lake Street.,- .
W. iI. MA.s.. ............. Proprietor
Up-to-date work
at Popular Prices.
Patronage Solicited.
Agent for Memphis Steam Laundry
PROCEEDINGS OFTHE FIFTH DIB- n
TRICT LEVEE BOARD. i
Delta, La., Wednesday Oct. 11, 1900. b
The board of commissioners for the A
Fifth Louisiana Levee District met in dI
regular session at Delta, La., this day. '
There were presen': ti
J. T. McClellan, president, Madison L
parish; W. H. Benjamin, E. J. ilamley,
East Carroll parish; G. C. Goldman,
Tensas parishb; J. Il. Lambdin, Concor
dia parish; A. T'. Lane, sccretary.
Abseunt, W. Ii. Ward, of Madison;
C. C. Cordill, of Teesase, and B. B. Par
ham, of Concordia parish.
A quorum being present the board
proceeded to business, as follows:
On motion of Mr. Goldman, reading
of minutes was dispensed with.
Reports of president and secretary
were received, read and ordered filed.
On motion of Mr. Benjamin, the fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the action of the
president in supplementing the gov
ernment contract on Reid levee,
amounting to $3,543.49, be endorsed.
Ont motion of Commissioner Lamb
din, the following premable and reso
lution was adopted .
Whereas, The committee heretofore
appointed to negotiate the sale of fifty
year 6 per cent bonds of this board
submitted to this board on the 11th
day of July. 1900, its report, showing
that bonds to the amount of two hun
dred and fifty-six thousand dollars had
been sold on the 12th day of June A.
D. 1900, said bonds being of the de
nomination of one thousand dollars
each and numbered from 1 to 256 both
inclusive; iterefore, be it
Resolved, That the action of said
committee be and the same is hereby
approved and said sale of bonds rati
fied. Be it further
Resolved, That the committee is
continued in power for the purpose of
negotiating the sale of bonds of this
board amoutting to $175,000, to be
made in the mouth of November,
1901.
On motion of Mr. Hamley, the fol
lowing preamble and resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, It appears that there are
various tracks of laud in the fifth
levee district belonging to individuals
who are psayng taxes thereon, and
whose titles-antedate the claims of this
f board, or whose titles come from or
through the state of Louiseana, or from
or through this board, which lands ap
pear on the records in the name of
this board although this board basano
valid title, and makes no elaim there
to; aud
Whereas, In order to avoid the ne
cessity for individual action in each of
said eases, it is deemed best to author
ize the-president to grant quit claimse
r in all such cases; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the president of this
board is hereby authorized and in
structed to grant a quit claim of all
the inteest of this board to landsup
on application when it shall appear by
ya certificate from the tax collector of
the parish where said land are sit
bat the applicant has a deed or
an edating the title of this board,
where he has a title from or
ough the state of Loouitlitsa, or
or through tbis board, and said
a are assessed anid the taxes are
being paid thereon by the applicant.
Provided, the applicant shall pay all
the costs of pasing such quit claim
deed.
On motion of Mr. Goldman. the fol
lowing resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That 'In addition to his
other duties, the president of this
board is hereby appoitited general
levee inspector of the whole district;
Be it ftrtbsr.resolved, That his sal
ary as president and ieneral inspector
be and the same is fixed at $200 per
mouth, payable monthly on his own
warrant.
Bill of Mrs. B. S. Leathers for $67,
amount of levee tax paid by error
was, on motion of Mr. Goldman,
allowed and ordered paid.
On motion of Mr. I!aley, a coin
mittee of three was appointed, com
posed of the president of this board
and CommiSsiouers GoldinatI a:(
Lambdiu. with power to enter into
contract with the Grout 'lelephono
Company for telephone service in the
lower part of the tifth Louisiana levee
district, provided satisfactory ar
rangements can be made.
On motion of Mr. Goldman, the
board adjoorned to date of next reg
ular meeting, second Wednesday in
January, 1201.
J. 'T. McCLELLIAN, President.
A. T. LANE, Secretary.
To cure a cold in one day, take
Laxative Bro Quinine. All druggists
refund the money if it fails to cure;
2cts. E. W. Groves signature is ont
each box. For sale at GCrenard's drug
store.
PROPOSED AMEMEDMENT TO TIlE
CONST''ITUTION.
Act No. 73.
House b!ill No. 73--By Mr. T. B. Young
JOINT IE,OLUTICN.
Proposing an A.inondutent to Article ;03
of the Constitution of the State of Louis
iana.
Section One. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assemlnlv of thie tate of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members of the House
concurring. That Articlet Three iHundred
and Three of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana he so amentded as to read as
follows:
Article 903. A pension not to exceed
Eight (8) Dollars per month shall he al
lowed to each't onlederate soldier or sailor
veteran, who possesses all of thle following
qualfbeations :
1st. lie shall have served honorably
froml the date of his enlistIlenlt until tLIhe
close of tiht hate Civil War or until lie was
discharged or paroled, in some military or
ganization regularly mustered into the
Army or Navy of the Confederate State-,
and shall have remained true to the Con
lederate States until the surrender.
2nd. He shall be in indigent circum
stances, and unable to earn a livelihood by
his own labor or skill.
3rd. He shall not be salaried or other
wise provided for by the State o Lou
isiana, or by any other State or Govern
ment.
In case he enlisted in any organization
t mustered into said service as a Louisiana
organization, or in case at the date of his
enlistment he resided in the State of Lou
isiana, le shall have resided In this State
for at least five years prior to his appliesm
tloe forpeusion. In case be resided else
where than in this State, and enlisted in an
I organization not mustered in from Louis
iana, or in the Navy of the Confederate
States, he shall have resided in this State for
at least fifteen years prior to his application
for such pension. Alike pension shall be
granted to the widow who shall not have
married again. in indigent circumstances,
of such soldier or sailor whose !arriasge to
her was contracted prior to January lst,
1870, provided, that it her dece:ased hus
band served in an organization mustered In
from Louisiana, or it he resided in Louis
iana at the date of his enllstmeint, and has
so resided for one year prior thereto, then
in order that such widow shall he entitled
to the pension as herein provided. she
shall have resided in this State for at least
five years prior to her application therefor
and if hier deceased husband enlisted else-
where tllan in Louisiana, and served in an
organization not mustered in from Louis
lana such widow shall, in order to entitle
her to pension as herein provided, have
resided in this State for not less than tif
teen years prior to her application for such
Spension; provided further, that pensions
whether to veterans or widows. shall be
Sallowed only from the date of appliention
utinder this article, and the total alpropri
l" ations for all pensions shall not be lecs than
fifty thousanddollars nor more that seven
ty-five thousand dollars in any one year,
provided that nothing in this Article shalt
S be construed so as to prohibit the Genteral
he Assembly from providing artificial limbs to
disabled Confederate soldiers or sailors.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
sy. That this proposed amendment he sulitit
ted to the qualified voters of tthe State of
IO Louisiana for adoption or rejection. at the
Congressional election to be holden in Nor
ey, vember, 1900.
an, J. Y. SANDERiS.
or- Speaker of the House otRepresentatives.
ALBERT ESTOPINAL.
Lieutenant-Governor and President of the
on; Senate.
ar- Approved July 6th, 19.).
W. W. HEARD,
ord t oernor of the State ol Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOlHN T. MICBEL,
iug Secretary of State.
Sept. 15, 1900-10w.
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GEO. H. SMITfH, G. P. A.,
Sis New Orleans, La.
Sof W. STOMS, ASST. G. P. A.,
this New Orleans, ILa.
fol- Tulane University of
wa Louisiana.
are New Orleans.
ale COLLEGE OF ARTS A-ND SCIEN('ES.
and Classical, Literary, Latiu.Scientilic and
this Scientific Courses.
Sor COauO O FIrECHNOLOoGY.
rom Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical,
I P- Sugar, Civil and Architectural
Sof Engineering".
a no H. Sophie Newoomb Memorial College
ar for Young Women, with Art and
Boarding Department.
ne- FaHi Termo above opens October 1st.
M of Medical Department opens Oct 18th.
bor- Law Department opens Nov. 12th.
alms For scatalogues, address
this Secretary of University.
In
I all The beet peracrtptlion for cbills
up- Grove Tatelts Chilt Tonic. Nooeure
r by no pay. For eale at Gueuard's drug
r of store.